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Work & commute · Homestead

Work & commute in Homestead, MI

Most working residents leave Homestead for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (19%), Garfield (10%) and Benzonia (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
45 of 809 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 764 Homestead residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homestead.

764live here, work elsewhere
45live and work here
348work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Homestead goes to work

FrankfortTraverse CityGrand RapidsLakeAlmiraBenzoniaEmpireColfaxCrystal LakeGreen LakeLong LakeHomesteadGilmoreBlairGarfieldWeldonInlandPlatteTraverse CityGarfieldBenzoniaFrankfortWeldonGreen LakeGrand RapidsEmpireBlairHomestead
1
Traverse City20 mi away
19%157
2
Garfield18 mi away
10%81
3
Benzonia6.6 mi away
9%74
4
Frankfort12.3 mi away
6%47
5
Homestead (in town)right here
6%45
6
Weldon6 mi away
4%30
7
Green Lake11.3 mi away
3%28
8
Grand Rapids117.5 mi away
1%12
9
Empire12 mi away
1%12
10
Blair18 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%311

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Homestead commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Homestead is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Homestead are

393 jobs are based in Homestead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homestead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homestead

393 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Homestead residents hold

809 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+19%

Jobs based in Homestead, 2011 → 2021: 329 → 393. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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